Romantic Objectification by Probably Poly published on 2018-08-04T13:58:49Z In this episode we critically examine the cultural narratives around romance. We pay special attention to how those ideas can be dangerous and objectifying, how we can avoid those outcomes, and also (for some odd reason) how I ended up with a fish. Genre Learning Comment by Brenda Castro At about 8 minutes, you talk about suicide and how discussing it increased the rate of suicide attempts. I'd be interested in learning more about that study. The research seems to show now that talking about suicide does NOT put the idea into someone's head: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/does-asking-about-suicide-and-related-behaviours-induce-suicidal-ideation-what-is-the-evidence/FCAEE9E5BC840D76CF10AEBECD921AC9. Maybe because it's already too widespread. But if we as a society just stopped talking about suicide and hid the related stories, would the next generation have less suicides? 2022-09-20T15:07:36Z
